Expressions of Interest: Non-Executive Director - Tasmania, Australia - Scope

Description

Scope is now accepting expressions of interest for an experienced and qualified Company Director who can guide and support Scope to deliver its strategic initiatives.

Scope (Aust) Ltd ( Scope ), a company limited by guarantee, operates as a charitable organisation to advance the wellbeing of people with a disability through alignment with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Australia's human rights statutory framework.

Scope (and its controlled entities) is one of the largest not-for-profit disability service providers in Australia, supporting thousands of people with complex intellectual, physical, and multiple disabilities, and their families. As a registered service provider under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Scope supports more than 5,000 individuals with disability across metropolitan and regional Victoria and NSW with services including Supported Independent Living, therapy, individual support, communication access and supported decision making. Scope also works with corporate and community organisations to improve inclusion for people with disability through raising awareness and building community capacity to enable the citizenship of people with disability.

Scope operates across Victoria and New South Wales through over 420 service locations and employs over 7,000 people.

Our Purpose

We create meaningful opportunities for people with disability to belong and thrive.

Our Vision

Our clients and employees are empowered to live their dreams.
We influence and push boundaries delivering positive change for people with a disability.

Our Values

We celebrate people and diversity when we see every person and the contributions they make.
We excel together, in all that matters to our clients and colleagues.
We act bravely and speak up for what is right.

The Board of Scope is committed to Scope's Purpose, Vision and Values and to their influence on every aspect of Scope's activities and governance. In particular, the Board is committed to building a diverse, accessible, equitable and inclusive governance structure where all Directors and Committee members are supported, respected, valued and enabled to thrive.

Scope Board

The role of Scope's Board is to set the strategic direction for Scope, across all Scope Group entities with regard to Scope's Purpose, Vision and Values and the purposes set out in the Scope Constitution, to guide and support the organisation to deliver on its strategic initiatives through strong governance and agile decision-making.

In accordance with the Scope Board Governance Capability Framework, and aligned with Scope Board Skills and Capability Matrix, the Scope Board is seeking expressions of interest from experienced and qualified Directors:

With demonstrated consumer engagement in disability or care sectors including safeguarding with a human rights based approach

With demonstrated consumer engagement in disability or care sectors including co-design and human-centred models

With demonstrated sector expertise in service design in disability and care sectors at national scale.

In alignment with Scope's Disability Action Plan, it is the Board's ambition that people with disability comprise a significant proportion of governance roles at Board and Committee levels.

Scope Board and Committee member roles are remunerated.

Expressions of Interest close Sunday 16 June 2024, AEST

For further detail on Scope's corporate governance framework, please go to

Contact: Kirsty Burke, Company Secretary,

Please note: Scope will not be engaging agency support for this role.